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Williams Companies

WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.

NYSE: WMB. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:45a6e67f-55bd-44f5-99b0-2e9f98c5651d
SEC CIK
0000107263
Website
www.williams.com Open
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
Newest evidence
May 3, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Chad J. ZamarinPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Chair
Alan S. ArmstrongLead independent: Steven Bergstrom
Independent
Not published11 directors published
Published claims
505 distinct sources
Evidence records
170 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 5 distinct sources and 17 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Chad J. Zamarin seat on Williams Companies, effective 2025-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2025E5

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
President and Chief Executive OfficerChad J. ZamarinNot capturedunknownSource reportedE14
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerJohn D. PorterNot capturedunknownSource reportedE14
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerLarry C. LarsenNot capturedunknownSource reportedE14
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Corporate SecretaryRobert E. Riley, Jr.Not capturedunknownSource reportedE15
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategic DevelopmentRobert R. WingoNot capturedunknownSource reportedE14
Senior Vice President and General CounselT. Lane WilsonNot capturedunknownSource reportedE14

Board of directors

Evidence

11 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Alan S. ArmstrongIndependence not publishedChair2011Environmental, Health & SafetySource reportedE3
Carri A. LockhartIndependence not published2023Compensation & Management DevelopmentCompensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & SafetyEnvironmental, Health & SafetySource reportedE4
Chad J. ZamarinIndependence not published2025None publishedSource reportedE5
Jesse J. TysonIndependence not published2022AuditAudit; Governance & SustainabilityGovernance & SustainabilitySource reportedE6
Michael A. CreelIndependence not published2016AuditAudit; Environmental, Health & Safety · ChairEnvironmental, Health & Safety, chairSource reportedE7
Peter A. RagaussIndependence not published2016AuditAudit; Governance & SustainabilityGovernance & SustainabilitySource reportedE8
Richard E. MuncriefIndependence not published2022Compensation & Management DevelopmentCompensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety · ChairEnvironmental, Health & Safety, chairGovernance & Sustainability, chairSource reportedE9
Rose M. RobesonIndependence not published2020Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Environmental, Health & SafetyEnvironmental, Health & SafetySource reportedE10
Scott D. SheffieldIndependence not published2016Compensation & Management DevelopmentCompensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & SafetyEnvironmental, Health & SafetySource reportedE11
Steven BergstromIndependence not publishedLead Independent2016Compensation & Management DevelopmentCompensation & Management Development; Governance & SustainabilityGovernance & SustainabilitySource reportedE12
William H. SpenceIndependence not published2016Compensation & Management Development, chairCompensation & Management Development · Chair; Governance & SustainabilityGovernance & SustainabilitySource reportedE13

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
AuditRose M. RobesonRose M. Robeson, Jesse J. Tyson, Michael A. Creel, Peter A. RagaussNot described in the published record
Audit · Chair; Environmental, Health & SafetyNot publishedRose M. Robesonclimate
Audit; Environmental, Health & Safety · ChairNot publishedMichael A. Creelclimate
Audit; Governance & SustainabilityNot publishedJesse J. Tyson, Peter A. RagaussNot described in the published record
Compensation & Management DevelopmentWilliam H. SpenceWilliam H. Spence, Carri A. Lockhart, Richard E. Muncrief, Scott D. Sheffield, Steven BergstromNot described in the published record
Compensation & Management Development · Chair; Governance & SustainabilityNot publishedWilliam H. SpenceNot described in the published record
Compensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & SafetyNot publishedCarri A. Lockhart, Scott D. Sheffieldclimate
Compensation & Management Development; Governance & SustainabilityNot publishedSteven BergstromNot described in the published record
Compensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety · ChairNot publishedRichard E. Muncriefclimate
Environmental, Health & SafetyRichard E. MuncriefMichael A. Creel, Richard E. Muncrief, Alan S. Armstrong, Carri A. Lockhart, Rose M. Robeson, Scott D. Sheffieldclimate
Governance & SustainabilityRichard E. MuncriefRichard E. Muncrief, Jesse J. Tyson, Peter A. Ragauss, Steven Bergstrom, William H. SpenceNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Rose M. Robeson; Members Rose M. Robeson (Chair); Jesse J. Tyson; Michael A. Creel; Peter A. Ragauss
Committee AppointmentRose M. Robeson: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentJesse J. Tyson: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentMichael A. Creel: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentPeter A. Ragauss: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation & Management Development: Chair William H. Spence; Members William H. Spence (Chair); Carri A. Lockhart; Richard E. Muncrief; Scott D. Sheffield; Steven Bergstrom
Committee AppointmentWilliam H. Spence: chair, Compensation & Management Development
Committee AppointmentCarri A. Lockhart: member, Compensation & Management Development
Committee AppointmentRichard E. Muncrief: member, Compensation & Management Development
Committee AppointmentScott D. Sheffield: member, Compensation & Management Development
Committee AppointmentSteven Bergstrom: member, Compensation & Management Development
Committee RecordEnvironmental, Health & Safety: Chair Michael A. Creel; Richard E. Muncrief; Members Michael A. Creel (Chair); Richard E. Muncrief (Chair); Alan S. Armstrong; Carri A. Lockhart; Rose M. Robeson; Scott D. Sheffield
Committee AppointmentMichael A. Creel: chair, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee AppointmentRichard E. Muncrief: chair, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee AppointmentAlan S. Armstrong: member, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee AppointmentCarri A. Lockhart: member, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee AppointmentRose M. Robeson: member, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee AppointmentScott D. Sheffield: member, Environmental, Health & Safety
Committee RecordGovernance & Sustainability: Chair Richard E. Muncrief; Members Richard E. Muncrief (Chair); Jesse J. Tyson; Peter A. Ragauss; Steven Bergstrom; William H. Spence
Committee AppointmentRichard E. Muncrief: chair, Governance & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentJesse J. Tyson: member, Governance & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentPeter A. Ragauss: member, Governance & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentSteven Bergstrom: member, Governance & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentWilliam H. Spence: member, Governance & Sustainability

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerChad J. Zamarin, President and Chief Executive Officer
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Index MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingWMB (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
IndexSecurityStatusEffectiveVerificationSource
S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices)NYSE: WMBcurrentMar 31, 1975inferredSlickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license)

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameWILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.williams.com
Published FactEnergy
Published Facthttps://www.williams.com

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
17 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC Form 10-K. SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    sec filing. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    sec def 14a. Published Mar 18, 2026. Retrieved Sep 14, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  15. E15
    WMB executive roster source
    sec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authority not assessed
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  16. E16
    board_seats. sp500-board-director-completeness-remediation-2026-05-15. Cited by 24 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  17. E17
    Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026
  • Chad J. Zamarin seat on Williams Companies, effective 2025-01-01.
  • Carri A. Lockhart seat on Williams Companies, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Compensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & Safety committee of Williams Companies, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Carri A. Lockhart member of Compensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & Safety, effective 2023-01-01.
  • Jesse J. Tyson seat on Williams Companies, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Richard E. Muncrief seat on Williams Companies, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Audit; Governance & Sustainability committee of Williams Companies, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Jesse J. Tyson member of Audit; Governance & Sustainability, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Compensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety · Chair committee of Williams Companies, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Richard E. Muncrief member of Compensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety · Chair, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Rose M. Robeson seat on Williams Companies, effective 2020-01-01.
  • Audit · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety committee of Williams Companies, effective 2020-01-01.
  • Rose M. Robeson member of Audit · Chair; Environmental, Health & Safety, effective 2020-01-01.
  • Michael A. Creel seat on Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Peter A. Ragauss seat on Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Scott D. Sheffield seat on Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Steven Bergstrom seat on Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Steven Bergstrom lead independent director of Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • William H. Spence seat on Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Audit; Environmental, Health & Safety · Chair committee of Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Michael A. Creel member of Audit; Environmental, Health & Safety · Chair, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Peter A. Ragauss member of Audit; Governance & Sustainability, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Compensation & Management Development · Chair; Governance & Sustainability committee of Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • William H. Spence member of Compensation & Management Development · Chair; Governance & Sustainability, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Scott D. Sheffield member of Compensation & Management Development; Environmental, Health & Safety, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Compensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability committee of Williams Companies, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Steven Bergstrom member of Compensation & Management Development; Governance & Sustainability, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Alan S. Armstrong seat on Williams Companies, effective 2011-01-01.
  • Alan S. Armstrong chairs board Williams Companies, effective 2011-01-01.
  • Alan S. Armstrong member of Environmental, Health & Safety, effective 2011-01-01.
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